Crassus: The First Tycoon (Ancient Lives)

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Short, punchy chapters in Crassus: The First Tycoon make for a quick and compelling read on this Roman power-grabber. The uniqueness of Stothard’s account of the tumultuous final decades of the Roman Republic is in a new east-west narrative in which we see the inner workings of Rome as well as the vibrancy—however brief in the narrative—of Parthia. See our Remarkables Archive for some that are no longer in print, but which we are happy to try to track down. A memorable phase it is too: 'Vagises held out a soft hand, palm upward, laughed and said: "Hair will grow here, Crassus, before you see Seleuceia.

New Paperbacks NEW PAPERBACKS [jsb_filter_by_tags count="15" show_more="10" sort_by="total_products"/] A selection of recent paperbacks. But when it comes to the mysterious third man who pulled the strings and turned the gears of politics in first-century BC Rome, Marcus Licinius Crassus has only himself to blame for historical obscurity. Inspection copies are books under consideration as required or recommended reading for an upcoming course. Stothard is British and some of his idioms and sentence structures can be a bit challenging for the American audience.After a string of horrible decisions, Crassus got outwitted by his counterpart who strung together 1000 camels to continuously resupply archers, something the Romans could not have conceived. See our Remarkables Archive list for what is no longer in print, but which we are happy to track down. Pompey brought gold home as booty, massive statues of the kings he had defeated, silver beds and ancient bronze.

If you are looking for a quick read that will teach you something new about a largely forgotten man, then it is worthwhile.

This book aside from Allen Wards earlier work is the only one in English and while it is fairly good it is not nearly as thorough in its examination but it also assumes prior knowledge of the reader. Stothard’s little biography of Crassus offers glimpses into other great civilizations and peoples during the first century B.